Eldorion has made 2119 posts and is a Rohirrim from Edoras and is not online.
Posted Monday 19th October 2009 (04:31am)

The White Council was a meeting of people (Wise ones) who discussed the state of events in Middle-earth and what to do about Sauron. Sometimes they even do things - like their movement against Dol Guldur in 2941. Off the top of my head I can name Galadriel, Saruman, and Gandalf as members (and almost certainly Elrond, though I don't recall if he's explicitly mentioned). I don't know if Radagast was on it. The White Council met rather infrequently.

There is a brief allusion to it in [i:1lt6bnyg]The Hobbit[/i:1lt6bnyg] (Gandalf goes to a meeting of it) and a few in LOTR. There are also mentions in the Appendices to LOTR and in [i:1lt6bnyg]Unfinished Tales[/i:1lt6bnyg].

Eldorion has made 2119 posts and is a Rohirrim from Edoras and is not online.
Posted Tuesday 20th October 2009 (03:31am)

I'm not sure where it was held. I've heard Lothlorien but while that would make sense as a staging ground before moving against Dol Guldur I am not aware of any conclusive textual evidence for this (though that doesn't mean that none exists). We know from [i:lc5ikwbf]The Hobbit[/i:lc5ikwbf], Queer Lodgings that Gandalf had "pressing business away south", so I would assume that the meeting was held in either Lothlorien or Isengard given the (presumed) membership. Imladris was on too similar a latitude to be "away south", I think.

I believe Galadriel called the first White Council so that at least was presumably held in Lorien and Lorien was well-protected because of Nenya, so I think a decent case could be made that it would be the chosen location. However, I can't really think of anything conclusive.

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